Mahomes hopes Allen rivalry can be as memorable as Brady vs. Manning

Patrick Mahomes hopes his competitive rivalry with Josh Allen can be as memorable as the legendary battle that reigned over the AFC for a decade-plus between Tom Brady and Peyton Manning.

"I'm excited for the challenge," Mahomes said Wednesday ahead of the Kansas City Chiefs' matchup with the Buffalo Bills, according to ESPN's Adam Teicher. "I grew up watching those games (between Brady and Manning) and remember how many memories I have from that. Hopefully, we can play in these great games as well and give memories to the kids that come up behind us."

Sunday's meeting will be the seventh between the two quarterbacks and the third postseason clash. Mahomes is undefeated so far against the Bills passer in the playoffs. However, the game will present a different challenge for the Chiefs signal-caller as it'll be his first-ever road playoff game.

"Now we get the great opportunity to go on the road, play in a hostile environment, one that I haven't been able to play with fans in the stands, and even though I know it's going to be hostile and there's going to be people talking trash and everything like that, I'm excited for it because it's one of the best environments in football," Mahomes explained.

While Mahomes has had Allen's number in the playoffs, the Bills signal-caller has won three of four regular-season matchups against the Chiefs. That includes a controversial 20-17 win in December, which saw Kansas City's go-ahead touchdown with just over a minute remaining negated due to an offsides penalty on receiver Kadarius Toney.

However, Mahomes says revenge isn't on his mind.

"The Bills are a great challenge," Mahomes said. "I think everybody understands that they've gotten my number a lot of times. We've been lucky enough to get them in the playoffs, but they beat us earlier this year. So, we understand that we're going to have to play our best football to win the game, especially at their place, but it's not about ending someone's season for us."

He continued: "It's about just advancing, trying to find a way to survive and advance and get to the next round, and whatever that takes this weekend, we're going to try to do and try to go out there and win a football game."

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